By default, tags are not included when you push to or
- fetch from a remote repository. In order to explicitly
- update these you must include the --tags option to transfer
- all the tags on the repo.
+
Tags pointing to objects tracked from branch heads will be
+ automatically downloaded when you fetch from a remote
+ repository. However, tags that aren't reachable from branch heads
+ will be skipped. If you want to make sure all tags are always
+ included, you must include the --tags option.
@@ -796,6 +797,11 @@ From git://github.com:example-user/example-repo
git fetch <remote> tag <tag-name>.
+ By default, tags are not included when you push to
+ a remote repository. In order to explicitly update these you must
+ include the --tags option when using git push.
+
+
In a nutshell you use git tag to mark a
commit or point in your repo as important. This also allows